Funded Projects

Topic: Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen, Prof. Dr. Michael Frei / The Alliance (Bioversity and CIAT), Dr. Sam Bodjrenou
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Beninese

Topic: Valuing and Prioritizing Ecosystem Services: A Discrete Choice Analysis Across Social Groups in Mawlynnong Village, Meghalaya (India)
Country of operation: India
Nationality: Indian

Topic: Enhancing buffalo health and productivity for smallholder dairy
farmers in Nepal: an evaluation of village livestock promoters' training programs and business practices, under the 'Sapling Bhaisi' initiative
Country of operation: Nepal
Nationality: Indian

Topic: Socio-economic feasibility evaluation of Agriphotovoltaic systems in Colombia
Country of operation: Colombia
Nationality: Colombian

Topic: Integrating nutrition education into food system interventions to improve dietary diversity of women and children 6-23 months in informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Kenyan

Topic: Understanding Behavioral Change Towards Agroecological Transition
in Madhya Pradesh, India
Country of operation: India
Nationality: Indian

Topic: Characterizing Corn Growth Phases from UAV and Satellite Data in Guatemala
Country of operation: Guatemala
Nationality: Nicaraguan

Topic: Mechanisms to empower communities: Citizen Juries bridging urban proposals with real needs in Caquetá, Colombia
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Colombian

Topic: Complex Systems Approach and Feedback Loops in Citizen Juries: A Novel Perspective for Analyzing Collective Deliberation and Decision-Making
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Colombian

Topic: Analysis of pastoral information system for rangeland resource governance and monitoring among Borana and Rendille
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Kenyan

Topic: A strategy for sustainable transition in production systems in Caquetá, Colombia.
Country of operation: Colombia
Nationality: Colombian

Topic: In vivo Digestibility of fodder grown in Burkina Faso
Country of operation: Burkina Faso
Nationality: Burkinabe

Topic: WEFE NEXUS - Agro-Ecology and CGIAR Cap Dev South-South and Triangle Cooperation program: Synergies between the NATAE Project and the WEFE Nexus for Sustainable Development
Country of operation: Morocco
Nationality: Morrocan

Topic: The Dynamics of Citizen Juries on the Future of Food Systems in Caquetá, Colombia
Country of operation: Colombia
Nationality: Spanish

Topic: Ecological Relevance of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi to Rhizosphere Hydrophobicity in the Plant-Soil System of African Major Crops under Drought Condition
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Nigerian

Topic: Characterizing salinity hormesis of sweetpotato biomass
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Peruvian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Johanna Volk

Topic: The Dynamics of Citizen Juries on the Future of Food Systems in Caquetá, Colombia
Country of operation: Colombia
Nationality: German

Topic: Vulnerable urban and rural food environments and consumer perception of safe and nutritious food: a cross-sectional study in Kenya
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Kenyan

Topic: Securing coffee's future through breeding innovaton? - An analysis of Ugandan and Colombian coffee seed systems
Country of operation: Uganda, Colombia
Nationality: German

Topic: Harnessing Diversity: The Impact of Local Markets on Promoting Diverse Foods and Dietary Diversity
Country of operation: Kenya
Nationality: German

Topic: Drought response mechanisms of Oryza sativa L.: investigating root hair densities and root xylem embolism
Country of operation: Philippines
Nationality: Canadian

Topic: Genotypic responses of sweet potato to water and nutrient managements in saline fields
Country of operation: Bangladesh
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Johanna Volk

Topic: Agro-ecological Approaches for fruit and Vegetable Production Systems: Opportunities and Boundaries in Turkana County, Kenya
Country of operation: Germany
Nationality: Kenyan

Topic: Effect of foliar applications of a seaweed-extract on drought resistance of amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) using different cropping systems
Country of Operation: Kenya
Nationality: German

Topic: Pastoral women’s information needs and gaps related to livestock production and marketing: integrating role-
play as a tool to elucidate tacit knowledge
Country of Operation: Kenya
Nationality: Indian

Topic: Genotype x Environment interaction on leaf properties and pigment composition in tropical bread wheat
Country of Operation: Mexico
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Geckem Dambo

Topic: Effect of drought stress conditions on leaf pigment composition in spring wheat
Country of Operation: Mexico
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Geckem Dambo

Topic: The Potential of Artificial Intelligence and its Enabling Technologies for Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: A Decade of Lessons Learned.
Country of Operation: Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
Link to Final report

Topic: Urban-Rural Migration and the Implication on Aquatic Food Systems in Cambodia”
Country of Operation: Cambodia
Nationality: German
In cooperation with PhD scholar Carla Baldivieso

Topic: The role of spikes in wheat adaptation to short-term heat waves.
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Mexican
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Geckem Dambo
Link to Final report

Topic: Analyzing Charcoal Value Chains in the Changing Landscape of Turkana, NW Kenya.
Country of operation: Kenya
Nationality: Kenyan
Link to Final report

Topic: Root:shoot growth analysis to assess physiological effects on radiation use efficiency in wheat
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Mexican
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Geckem Dambo
Link to Final report

Topic: How food safety perception of consumers and farmers influences dietary behaviors in rural vs. urban regions in Kenya: a mixed-methods study
Country of Operation: Kenya
Nationality: German
Link to Final Report

Topic: From cocoa plantations and degraded soils in the tropics to fruit-rich food forests with agroecology: Cropping system for smallholder
Country of operation: Peru
Nationality: German

Topic: The effect of potassium fertilizer on the physiological and morphological response of field-grown sweet potato to salinity stress
Country of Operation: Mozambique
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Johanna Volk
Link to final report

Topic: Genotype x Environment interaction on leaf properties and pigment composition in tropical bread wheat
Country of Operation: Mexico
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Geckem Dambo
Link to Final Report

Topic: GC-MS Evaluation of Phytochemical Constituents in Medicinal Plants Selected by Traditional Healers in Dinsho District, Southeatern Ethiopia
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Ethiopian
Link to Final Report

Topic: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Ingerated Animal-Plant-Agricultural Ecosystems of Different Land Use Intensities
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Kenyan
Link to Final Report